Lionel Ginoux studied the visual arts (film, audiovisual, sound engineer) before devoting himself to writing music in forming alongside Régis Campo, Barnabé Janin, David Owen, Roger Cawkwell, Georges Boeuf… He writes lyrical and sensitive music, with a strong preoccupation on rythm and musical intensity. His compositions follow the contemporary music of the twentieth century, without disowning the vocality and the classical harmony. By his musical curiosity, his music is being inspired too by jazz and popular music. He writes mainly for symphony orchestra, choir, opera, chamber music and soloists.

In 2012, Lionel Ginoux is laureate of the SACD Beaumarchais for his chamber opera, Medea Kali, created in may 2013. He is also laureate in 2015 of the Marcelle and Robert de Lacour’s Fondation for his work, the Diptyque entourant la caresse for harpsichord and instrumental ensemble, a score created by the Stravinsky’s Ensemble (cond. by Jean-Pierre Pinet) at the Arsenal de Metz in november 2017.

Lionel Ginoux has repeatedly been in residence at the Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, in 2009 for Preface en Prose and in 2012 for Medea Kali (libretto by Laurent Gaudé). The Abbaye de Fontevraud host him too in residence for his chamber opera, Vanda, (libretto by Jean-Pierre Siméon).

In March 2014, his concerto for violin, Les Indociles, has been created by Nemanja Radulovic with the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Eun Sun Kim. Few years after, his first Symphony – Dualités, inspired by the Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s choreography, has been created in January 2016 by the Avignon Symphony Orchestra (cond. by Samuel Jean). Lionel has also created his second chamber opera, Vanda at the Reims Opera House, which will be performed in April 2018 at the Avignon Opera house.

May 2017 is marked by the release of the disc Un Brasier d’étoiles (Maguelone label). Appreciated by the critics, the disc received a 4 stars **** by the review Classica. Lionel receives the Jean-Gabriel Marie Prize from the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Marseille for Un Brasier d’étoiles

His next projects will be : his 3rd symphony for symphonic orchestra, a commission by the Toulon Opera House, the premiere in October 2017 of his Stabat Mater Speciosa by the Voix de Stras’ (cond. Catherine Bolzinger) and the writing of a new piece War is kind for women’s choir and cello to be created by Emmanuelle Bertrand and the Hymnis Choir at the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Marseille in April 2018.